Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:19:54 +0000
Do-it-yourself breath tester could be putting millions of motorists in danger this Christmas. Many show a driver is safe to behind the wheel even if they are over the alcohol limit, new research shows. More than half of the devices tested- cost between £ 3.49 and £ 15.99- was a "safe driving" reading when a police breathalyser at the same time s
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:28:24 +0000
Australia's Press Council has sanctioned one of the country's biggest newspapers for interviewing and photographing a woman who was drunk. Although she gave permission, she later complained the story made her look bad.Now journalists are worried they will have to breathalyse everybody before they interview them!
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:15:01 +0000
UK police are hoping to one day develop a breathalyser-style tool for computers that could instantly flag up illegal activity on any PC it's attached to.
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:32:30 +0000
After several instances of public drunkenness, the parliament in New South Wales, Australia is considering requiring a breathalyzer test before parliamentary votes. "Honestly, if you are going to have breathalysers for people driving cranes you should have breathalysers for people writing laws."
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:36:48 +0000
You'd think it was an impossible task: how can you make a great beast like a sperm whale provide a breath sample?But scientists have come up with an ingenious method that involves flying a toy helicopter over the animal just as it releases air through its ri dishes slung beneath the chopper capture the exhaled gases and mucus.
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:54:37 +0000
"You'd think it was an impossible task: how can you make a great beast like a sperm whale provide a breath sample."
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:03:56 +0000
The Transformers star, Shia LeBeouf, will not be charged with a DUI for his accident in July. He will get nothing more than a suspended license, for refusing to take a breathalyser test.
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:32:49 +0000
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Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:31:40 +0000
?Back and Safe? is a Paris-area service that can be hired to drive your tipsy guests back home, thereby releasing the designated drivers of their responsibilities, and allowing everyone to partake in the festivities. Once hired?Back and Safe? will set up a stand at your event, and offer breathalyser tests to the guest(s) in question.
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:09:41 +0000
In another win for New York's largest street gang, a police officer who was involved in a shooting and failed a breathalyser test has gotten his gun back and is back on the street.
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:35:09 +0000
FOOTBALL pundit Alan Brazil yesterday launched an on-air rant after finding footage of him being breathalysed in a police station was on the internet.
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:19:58 +0000
With jam-packed schedules and a video feed to Earth, astronauts enjoy precious little privacy as it is. Soon, doctors might peek into an astronaut's last bastion of solitude, thanks to a portable brain scanner that could one day go into sion control could use the device to remotely monitor astronauts for signs of brain injury, [.]
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:13:15 +0000
An Australian has been charged with driving his motorised wheelchair down a motorway while drunk. He was given a breathalyser test and found to be more than six times over the legal limit for driving. (What a ledgend).
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:33:21 +0000
Advice on whether you should or should not take the breath alcohol or breathalyser test.
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:31:36 +0000
We need breathalysers installed in cars, that make it impossible to start them while drunk
Fri, 16 May 2008 04:07:00 +0000
An Australian police officer blew into a breathalyser to help a colleague's son dodge a drink driving charge.
Tue, 13 May 2008 19:37:20 +0000
Breathalyser tests for people leaving bars and cafes across France could be mandatory from this summer under a plan to be put Monday before President Nicolas Sarkozys cabinet, Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said Sunday.
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:41:07 +0000
We geeks love our gadgets. And, at the South by Southwest conference, we love our parties. What better way to combine the two than by breaking out the trusty breathalyser?
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:45 +0000
A new kind of breathalyser:Every breath that is exhaled contains trace amounts of at least 1,000 compounds.
Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:33:48 +0000
Companies are starting to add some interesting, and odd, features to their GPS devices in order to help them stand out from the crowd.
Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:46:07 +0000
Over $420,000 of Victorian Police gear has gone missing, the equipment includes ID badges, handcuffs, bullet-proof vests, batons and breathalysers have gone missing and it?s not known whether the gear was lost or stolen.
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:58:47 +0000
How odd to see the lifestyle libertarians at Reason publish this article, which endorses New Mexico's draconian anti-drunk-driving program, under which anyone convicted of a DWI is forced to have a breathalyser in his car. For the quintessential argument against all drunk-driving laws, see this article by Lew Rockwell
Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:47:17 +0000
Do you know about implied consent. It means you have no right to refuse to take a breathalyser or any other BAC test.
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:50:12 +0000
Motorists face being subjected to random breath-testing as part of the biggest shake-up of drink-drive laws since the introduction of the breathalyser 40 years ago, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:58:47 +0000
That is one high breathalyser.
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:20:59 +0000
This guy is ridiculous. He ran around all night with a breathalyser trying to raise his BAC and got into so much trouble at a sushi restaurant without his pants.
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:43:36 +0000
A man refused a breathalyser and denied he was drunk after getting caught clocking 107 mph with his 11-year-old daughter in the back of the car. It was his fifth DUI conviction. Then he was rude to the judge. His sentence: 7 years.
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:29:30 +0000
An alternative to the breathalysers, I'm not sure you could cheat this thing, seems pretty solid, currently in the testing phase, read on.
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:22:34 +0000
Out of control cop lies on his report because a diabetic in a seizure cannot coherently communicate with him and then thug/cop TASERS him & claims alcohol on the victims breath! The victim later blows a.00 breathalyser. Victim was not driving but was pulled over slumped over his steering wheel. This town needs to get sued into bankruptcy.
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:01:25 +0000
A federal judge has ruled that forcing a non-driver in Michigan to submit to a preliminary breath test without a search warrant is unconstitutional.
Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:52:13 +0000
The US actor Bill Murray could face a drunk driving charge in Sweden after riding through central Stockholm on a golf cart and refusing to take a breathalyser test, police said today.
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:30:01 +0000
Dale Lee Underdahl was arrested in February 2006 on suspicion of third-degree DWI and booked into the Dakota County Jail. As his court case progressed, he challenged the accuracy of his breath test, and his attorney demanded to see the computer program to determine if the machine really does its job.
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:24:56 +0000
4 steps to mount your defense using the source code. If I were the lawyer, how would I inspect the code?
Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:23:04 +0000
Police apprehend 'drunk driver', only realise he is blind when he repeatedly misses breathalyser with mouth.
Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:23:49 +0000
A new concept car with breathalyser-like detection systems may provide even greater traction for Japanese efforts to keep impaired drivers off the road.
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:04:45 +0000
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. said Monday that it will begin testing a new on-board breathalyser that will prevent inebriated motorists from starting up their cars.
Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:44:54 +0000
How we test if your drunk in Scotland.
Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:56:06 +0000
An MP whose constituents were involved in the tragic Sea Snake accident has welcomed proposals to introduce alcohol consumption limits for amateur sailors, it has been reported.
Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:07:30 +0000
Now if the knife packaging could only be opened through a failed breathalyser, we'd really have something.
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:53:29 +0000
A breathalyzer (or breathalyser) is a machine that estimates blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample. It is used to gauge the likelihood of impairment due to alcohol consumption.
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:06:09 +0000
On 16th January, Stena Line and Volvo Trucks showed the first breathalyser to be installed on the Stena Scandinavica ferry that operates between Gothenburg (Sweden) and Kiel (Germany). The breathalyser allows drivers to quickly and easily test themselves to verify that they are fit to drive in Sweden.
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:22:09 +0000
No drinking and bullfighting h bulls and bullfighters were breathalysed at a South Indian bull-taming festival in a bid to quell the bravado of contestants and slash the number of injuries, authorities e than 400 people were hurt last year during the ancient sport, known as Jallikattu, when people try to tame running bulls
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:48:12 +0000
A new technology called "interlock" makes DUI offenders take a breathalyser before the engine will actually start. If the person fails the breathalyser, the engine locks and the car cannot be started.
Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:58:13 +0000
The Saab AlcoKey project, supported by the Swedish National Road Administration, aims at increasing safety on the roads by reducing accidents linked to alcohol, involving 29% of driver fatalities in Sweden in 2005. The car?s key, fitted with a mouthpiece and a breathalyser, sends a signal to the car?s electronic control unit via a radio transmitter
Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:12:24 +0000
Japanese instrument maker Tanita is selling a body weight and body fat scale that stores 30 days of data for four users in a USB memory stick for transfer to a PC application that graphs and charts your weight loss progress. They also have a portable bad breath meter and a portable breathalyser. None of the products are available in the U.S. now.
Mon, 15 May 2006 08:21:17 +0000
THOUSANDS of drink-drivers are getting back behind the wheel because of secret reductions built into Victoria Police's breathalyser machines are automatically reducing the drivers blood-alcohol reading by 20 per cent. Only a little bit over? They won't know!
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:17:34 +0000
Article on various technologies related to detecting and synthesizing odors, and some applications, like the breathalyser that can detect lung cancer.
Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:22:47 +0000
Volvo Cars? most recent contribution to road safety is an experimental car equipped with a breathalyser lock integrated into the driver's seat belt clasp. Volvo Cars is also experimenting with a special ignition key that regulates the car?s top speed.